Kohoutek is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 1.72 AU to 3,927.62 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 1,964.669 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9991
- Inclination
- 86.31°
- Perihelion
- 1.719 AU
- Aphelion
- 3,927.618 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 301.76°
- Argument of periapsis
- 123.47°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2440680.5
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 0.107
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 210
- Data arc
- 578 days
- First observed
- 23 July 1969
- Last observed
- 21 February 1971
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1969 O1-A
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB